Just Call Me Twilight

  Yesterday was a big day for Oldest Daughter.  No, she didn't perform in a dance onstage or attend any celebrations.  It isn't her birthday, nor is there a holiday within a stones' throw.  Yesterday, Oldest Daughter l earnt a life lesson.  This lesson learned was one that I, as a mother, hoped would not come for many more years.  But as we all know, life does not happen as we hope and pray that it would.  I will not tell you the story that precipitated her life lesson.  That story should be significant only to her.  Suffice it to say, Oldest Daughter chose to end an important friendship yesterday.  She chose to end it because this friend continually hurt her feelings, chose another over her even when told it was hurting Oldest Daughters' feelings and in general made her too sad to want to give her a fifth or sixth chance. As her mother, my heart aches for her.  I want to take away h...

Hello all on this fine, fantastic Tuesday!!  I am back with new music.  I do not apologise for missing the music post last week as I was in New Mexico visiting my grandparents, but I am quite happy to be back here with a whole new mix of music for you.  As I was proofing this post before sending it out to y'all, I realised that I must have been in a pretty mellow mood these last few days, as it seems a reflection on the songs/groups I have picked.  So brew yourself a cup of tea, prop your feet up and enjoy the languid stylings.  JCMT Kodaline - "All I Want" Jake Bugg - "Lightning Bolt"   Bear's Den - "Pompeii"      Grouplove - "Let Me In" (The Fault In Our Stars)      Mikky Ekko - "Kids"